Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad P. Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) cohost a podcast about the economics of international trade and policy. From trade wars to trade deals, this podcast covers trade developments with insights and economic analysis from two of the world's top trade geeks.
https://tradetalkspodcast.com/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 hours 18 minutes
191. Brazil’s trade opening and its toll on workers and crime
How Brazil’s trade liberalization of the 1990s led to unexpected and lasting impacts on workers and a temporary rise in violence.
190. Climate change, floods, and the future of auto supply chains
What consumers can expect from auto companies investing in supply chain resilience as weather disasters loom.
189. South Korea’s controversial industrial policy
How South Korea’s Heavy and Chemical Industry Drive policy of 1973-79 worked and may have contributed to its economic rise.
188. Did responsible sourcing by multinationals help workers in poor countries?
What happened to workers and others in Costa Rica when global companies imposed new responsible sourcing codes of conduct on their suppliers.
187. Industrial policy and the rise of Romania’s Silicon Valley
How a 2001 income tax break for Romanian software programmers helped transform the country’s information technology sector.
186. How US lead regulations hurt Mexican babies
Higher US lead standards in 2009 resulted in more production and pollution from Mexican plants. Nearby infants and kids suffered.
185. The historic collapse of Switzerland’s watch industry
New quartz technology and competition from Japan devastated the dominant Swiss watch industry of the 1970s. What happened next?
184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act
EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.
184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act
EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.
183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution
In 2012, the EPA started regulating maritime emissions of air pollutants. The shipping industry’s response offers lessons for other countries.